Cannon River Watershed recently shared honors with two state lawmakers, a county commissioner and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The watershed won one of Trust for Public Land's annual Conservation Leadership Awards.

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The Partnership was recognized for its dedication to improving the Cannon River. In 2011, that included measures to protect the Dora Lake Wildlife Management Area, LeSueur County.

All the water that drains into the watershed eventually passes through Cannon Falls, Welch and Red Wing before joining the Mississippi River.

 Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon-cutting for Riverbend Market Cooperative at 4 p.m. Friday April 20. Special guest will be Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie.

The for-profit, member-owned cooperative recently renovated at 417 Main St.

Roe, a financial consultant, qualified for Summit Circle based on 2011 performance. This is the organization's second-highest recognition level for sales and service. Seven percent of Thrivent Financial's nearly 2,300 financial representatives qualified for this honor.

Hawe, a financial associate, qualified for Sierra level for 2011 sales and service. Thrivent reported that 700 individuals qualified for this honor.

Both are with Thrivent's Two Rivers Regional Financial Office, serving Lutherans and their family members in Red Wing and surrounding communities.

 Cannon River Winery has grown to be Minnesota's largest winery. The winery will celebrate the newest vintage of St. Pepin wine on Saturday April 21.

Guests will be able to watch the bottling process and taste from the tank during the release party. Plus, there will be music from 1 to 8 p.m.

St. Pepin is a 100 percent estate-grown wine, which means that all of the grapes come from the vineyard in Goodhue County's Sogn Valley.